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Mikayla Balfour

Founder & CEO, NEXARINA

Mikayla Balfour is the Founder and CEO of NEXARINA, an Edmonton-based women's technical outerwear brand challenging traditional apparel sizing. With no formal background in fashion design, she taught herself the technical skills needed to develop performance outerwear after experiencing firsthand the challenges of finding snowboard gear that fit her 5'0" frame. Following four years of development, over 300 customer interviews, and more than 50 prototypes, she launched NEXARINA with a mission to make technical outerwear fit women of different heights and body types.